Deadly fire at temple in India

Updated 12:26 PM ET, Sun April 10, 2016

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People search through the debris of a a collapsed building after a massive fire broke out during a fireworks display at the Puttingal temple complex in southern India on Sunday, April 10. Scores of people were killed and hundreds more injured in the fire, caused when an unauthorized fireworks show ignited a separate batch of fireworks that were being stored at the temple complex.

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People gather at the site of the explosion and roof collapse as workers go through the debris looking for victims.

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Indian officials look on as an excavator moves debris from a collapsed building.